Author: scott

For those of you that make use of the Yahoo Finance API, I’m sure you are all aware of the recent shutdown. I have found a solution which completely replaces Yahoo Finance and provides all of the same functionality plus gives room for a ton of expansion in the future....

October brought in $491.47 in dividends. This is a massive increase of nearly 175% increase over the $179 that I earned in dividends last October. This increase is largely due to significant investments into GE over the past year. I will continue to accumulate GE at these depressed levels. The...

Over about the past week I’ve been working on a few big updates to my dividend stock tracking spreadsheet. It is now up to version 5. It is more automated and faster than ever. No more waiting for N/A’s or Loading… Update #1 The major feature of this update...

Welcome! Thanks for wanting to learn more about my Dividend Stock Portfolio Tracker on Google Sheets. Advantages: Simple and easy to use Lives on Google Sheets, allowing your portfolio to be saved automatically and available on any of your devices Majority of functions are automated Includes a transaction sheet to...

September has always been one of the higher paying months, and this month was no exception. In fact, I set an all time record for me… $1226.75. This is a 66.7% increase from last September. My rent for the month was basically all paid by dividends! This was the second...

I just made a couple of purchases today. These are all dividend payers and ones that I’m adding to positions I already have. First is AT&T. I purchased an additional 100 shares of T at $37.1359/share. This adds $196 in annual dividend income. While this purchase does slightly increase my...

These months are going fast! August, while not usually one of the higher paying months, turned out pretty good this year thanks to excellent dividend payouts from Apple and AT&T. In total I received $448. This is a 60.6% increase from last August. So far I’ve received $4,125.14 in 2017,...

It’s been awhile since I provided an update on my latest dividend stock purchases. The market over the last month or so has continued to provide good entry points into several good companies. Here are my latest purchases from mid-July through the end of August: On 7/11/2017, I opened a...

Wow! It already more than half way through the 2017 year. Things have been going great. I started my new official job a little over one year ago. It is going great! I also met a great girl in the cities. Life is going well but is going by so...

July 2017 brought in $311.14 in dividend income. As shown on the graph below, this isn’t one of the higher paying months, but the year-over-year trend is still good — a 71.8% increase from last year. I’m also up to over $8000 in 12-month forward dividends. And, my dividend worker...